Westward Expansion Game

When the United States purchased land from France it was called

• Oregon Purchase

• Tennessee Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• California Purchase

Lewis and Clark created a map of the west, but they were NOT able to

• find a water route to the Pacific Ocean

• create relationships with American Indians

• record their findings about soil, plants, and animals

Where did James Marshall discover gold?

• Louisiana

• Arizona

• Oregon

• California

What is NOT true about the Pony Express?

• It made it easier and quicker to get mail across the country

• The Pony Express continued for 30 years

• Pony Express riders had to be brave because their journey could be dangerous

• The Pony Express riders carried the mail in a "mochila"

After the Pony Express, messages could be sent across the continent in minutes thanks to

• the computer

• the telegraph

• Transcontinental Railroad

• text messaging

The Transcontinental Railroad train puffed and breathed vapor as it traveled because it

• ran on water

• looked cool, so train engineers invented this

• ran on fuel

• traveled as fast as a jet

The train went through water and needed to stop for more every

• 40 to 50 miles

• 60 to 70 miles

• 90 to 100 miles

• 10 to 20 miles

Magnets were used to send

• Letters

• Text messages

• Morse code

• phone calls

Since the railroad was already there, what followed the railways?

• telephone lines

• cell phone towers

• the Pony Express

• electric wire to send Morse code

What was NOT a challenge during the westward expansion?

• Pony Express riders were in danger because American Indians could attack

• Samuel Morse's first telegraph only traveled a few feet

• Railroad officials doubted that tracks could be built across the Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Telegraphs could be sent in a few seconds